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The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your read more
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good read more
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
